The software stack that holds the floor
Independent reviews of gym management, retention, and programming platforms — written by operators who run sessions, memberships, and member experience.
Featured Reps
This edition's heavy lifts
Three platforms reviewed in depth — tested against the realities of multi-location studios and high-rep coaching floors.
Mindbody 2026 — Field Review
Mindbody is still the default for boutique fitness — and the reason most operators eventually look for alternatives. Our team breaks down where it earns its monthly fee, and where it stalls.
Kilo for CrossFit & HIT Studios
Kilo is the platform built for affiliate gyms by an affiliate gym. The membership engine is purpose-built. The trade-off is feature breadth outside the core workflow.
The Fitness Operator Tech Stack
Six categories — gym management, lead capture, retention, programming, payments, comms — and the specific platforms our team specifies for studios scaling from 1 to 5 locations.
Form Check
How FitBizStack is programmed
Operator perspective
Every rep is logged by a team that has actually deployed the platform across a coaching floor — not by reviewers reading vendor spec sheets.
Studio-class workflow
Tools that work for one trainer break at twenty. We measure where each platform breaks the schedule, the membership engine, or the coaching cadence.
Transparent rate card
Per-member fees, payment processing markup, member-app surcharges — surfaced explicitly so the proposal stops being a surprise mid-quarter.